## Revenue Forecasting and Analysis

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 23.212
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: April 21, 2023 - May 26, 2023 (5 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Overview
- Title: Revenue Forecasting and Analysis (RFAx)
- Session No.: OL 23.212
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: April 21, 2023 - May 26, 2023 (5 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: French
- Organizing unit: Fiscal Affairs Department

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
  - Government officials working in ministries of finance or in revenue administrations who are charged with conducting revenue forecasts and/or assessing the revenue or distributional impact of tax policy changes.
- Qualifications:
  - Basic to intermediate understanding of tax policy.
  - Expected to have a degree in economics or tax accountancy (ideally with some background in econometrics).
  - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
  - Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

### Course description
- Focus: Technical and institutional aspects of revenue forecasting and tax policy analysis.
- Coverage:
  - Overview of quantitative methods required to forecast and evaluate revenue implications of changes in major taxes: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and international trade taxes.
  - Emphasis on establishing a strong institutional framework to support the revenue forecasting process.
- Approach:
  - Builds on both conceptual and practical approaches.
  - Employs hands-on activities including quizzes and quantitative exercises with real fiscal data.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the role of revenue forecasting in the budget-making process.
- Identify good practices relating to the institutional framework that supports the revenue forecasting process.
- Identify data requirements for each method of revenue forecasting.
- Apply macro-based models to forecast tax revenue.
- Apply input-output models and micro-simulation techniques to analyze the revenue and distributional implications from indirect and direct taxes.
- Recognize the strengths and limitations of different models.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2023/rfaxol23-212_